A crystallographic approach of brittle fracture in the 16MND5 bainitic steel. In-situ X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope measurements at low temperatures

Abstract

A series of in-situ tensile tests was performed at various low temperatures to characterize the mechanical properties and the fracture processes of the 16MND5 steel: the damage was observed with a SEM and the internal stresses in the ferritic phase were determined by XRD.